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UMBRELLA STAND. vN0. 480,657.: Patented Aug. 9, 1892.

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GEORGE READ DAVIS, OF ST. JOHN, CANADA.

UMBRELLA-STAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,657, dated August9, 1892. Application filed March 19, 1892. Serial-No. 425,642. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE READ DAVIS, a citizen of Canada, residing atSt. John, in the county of St. John and Province of New Brunswick,Canada, and a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, have invented a newand useful Umbrella-Stand, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in umbrella-stands; and the objectof my im provement is to make a convenient and inexpensive foldingnmbrella-stand, so that on a wet day the stands can be set up in storesfor use and when not required can conveniently be closed up and putaway, taking up but very little space to store them. I attain thisobject by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a vertical elevation of .an umbrella-stand embodyingmy improvements ready for use. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing theumbrella-stand closed when notin use. Fig. 3 shows a plan or top view ofthe drippan shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is aview of a ring for keepingthe standards in position.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings, 0 c 0 represent standards joined togethercentrally thereof by means of aball or bearing cl, the said standardsbeing provided with the screws 0 c c for securing them to the bearing orball. These standards when in use are inclined outwardly in oppositedirections from their central point in such manner that the lowerportions thereof present the form of a tripod.

Near the upper ends and outer surfaces of the standards are cut kerfs orgrooves a a a to receive a suitable ring a for securing, in connectionwith the ball d, the standards together, the ring a being somewhatsmaller than the lower ring or drip-pan a for receiving the drippings ofthe umbrella, the lower portions of the standards having similar kerfsor grooves a a a cut upon their inner surfaces to receive the drip-pan aas shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.

It is not necessary that the. ring a for securing the standards togetherat the top be hung in the upper grooves or kerfs, as it may be hung uponsuitable hooks driven into the standards just below the kerfs or groovesaforesaid. The umbrellas when placed in the stand rest against thestandards and ring.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A folding umbrella-stand composed of three legs 0 c c, united at abouttheir center by a ball-joint cl, each of the legs having a notch on itsinner edge near the lower end and a notch on its outer edge above theball-joint, a drip-pan provided with a flange to engage the lowernotches of the legs, and a ring to springinto engagement withtheuppernotches to hold the stand together and to form a support for theupper ends of umbrellas placed in the stand, substantially as described.

GEORGE READ DAVIS.

WVitnesses:

DENIS MCCARTHY, GEORGE ANTHONY DAVIS.

